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VAN ORMAN 


“A boy who lives in a whale and a crusty old pirate 
set sail for Candied Island _ ...and the wonderful 
world of misadventure.” 


Raised by a talking whale (BUBBIE) in the bubbling splendor of the sea, 
FLAPJACK’s life was once a world of peace and tranquility. That all ended the 
day that he and the whale rescued an old pirate from a shipwreck. CAPTAIN 
K’NUCKLES’ tall tales tangle up Flapjack’s head like a squid in a silly string fac- 
tory, consuming him with a desire for adventure. 

Although Bubbie struggles to protect him, Flapjack would do anything to win 
the approval of K’nuckles; even if it means getting himself into a lot of trouble. 
K’nuckles charms him into following a map that he claims will lead them to the 
greatest treasure he could ever imagine... CANDIED ISLAND! A magical dessert-ed 
Island. Sometimes they get so close that they can see the licorice bark on the popsi- 
cle trees. Sometimes they can even smell the lollipop flowers and the hear trickle of 
lemonade springs teasing their desires. Once they even stumbled across Candy 
Wrapper Island. But the elusive floating island of Candy manages to drift just 
beyond their reach. The best things are what happen instead... the M/S-adventures. 


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Our heroes’ pursuit of Candied Island usually leads them back to the same old 
dock town of Stormalong Harbor; an island built on stilts in the middle of the open 
sea. This sea community is like home to them, and it’s non-adventurous residents 
hold clues to Candied Island’s mysteries. Here Flapjack & K'nuckles work at the 
dock to earn candy money, acquire supplies, and get into mischief. They drool over 
the sweets at the local Candy Barrel but can rarely afford it’s sweet bounty. If only 
they could reach Candied Island their sweet tooths could be 
eternally satisfied, and Flapjack could gain the sweetest satis- 
faction of all; the title of an ADVENTURER. 


FLAPJACK 


Flapjack’s life is a mess of con- 
flicting ideas. K’nuckles and the 
Whale fill his head with their opposing 
views of right and wrong, both of 
which Flapjack accepts without ques- 
tion. Bubbie claims that the best way 


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best way to beat an enemy is to wait 
‘till he turns around, and kick him in 
the back. Flapjack believes them both 
whole-heartedly. When he excitedly 
rushes out to put these ideas into 
action, he finds himself in some sticky 
situations. Because REALITY isn’t as idealistic as HE is. 

Flapjack’s biggest flaw and greatest comic appeal both stem from his blind 
trust in his friends. His previous life with Bubbie knew nothing but the serenity of 
the sea and the peace-loving creatures within it. When K’nuckles came along he 


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the whale. He is spellbound by K’nuckles’ exaggerated tales of triumph in the face 
of these dangers. He yearns to see these mysteries for himself. Eager to leave the 
safety of his childhood behind him, Flapjack thinks he’s ready to become a man. A 
man like K’nuckles. 

In Flapjack’s eyes, the life of a man is made up of adventure. He is obsessed 
with anything involving adventure: stories of adventure, the possibilities of adven- 
ture, and even the sound of the word “adventure”. He even loves when disaster 
strikes! It’s all part of the adventure. Besides, he believes that there is no trouble 
too big for K’nuckles to get them out of. 

s Flapjack worships his friends. He is pas- 
sionate about the things he loves and unlike his two 
heroes, makes no effort to hide his feelings. When 
he’s happy, his joy is uncontainable. When he’s 
sad, he is SO sad. And when he’s mad... LOOK 
OUT!!! 

Being passionate as he is, Flapjack has no 
impulse control. He also has a knack for being 
painfully honest, to the point of occasionally hurt- 
ing people’s feelings. When the result of his short- 
comings are pointed out to him, he goes overboard 
trying to fix a situation and winds up way in over 


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CAPTAIN K’NUCKLES 


The scourge of the sea. The terror of 
the tidal waters! K’nuckles is an unstop- 
pable sea-scoundrel who claims to be the 
greatest pirate the world has ever known. 
But to the residents of Stormalong Harbor, 
he’s just a crooked bum and a compulsive 
liar. His over-the-top stories are obvious 


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beneath that crusty exterior K’nuckles has a 
sensitive side. 

K’nuckles claims to have lost his 
hands long ago in a pinching contest with a 
giant crab. He won the contest using his 
toes, and took the pinchers as his prize. But 
his risky endeavors have cost him more than 
just his hands. He has no friends (except 
Flapjack), he smells like a barnyard and he 
has replaced so many of his body parts that 
it’s hard to tell what aspects of K-nuckles 
are real. He even claims to have a wooden heart and that termites give him nee 
Buse: Like Te Pater ta the Mowe “Bip Fish ewe never know for sure wheter his 
stories are true. It’s usually obvious that he’ s lying, but sometimes we’re suprised 
(sometimes even K’nuckles is suprised). 

Bubbie insists that K-nuckles is a no-good criminal. He’s dishonest, danger- 
ous, and his reckless hijinx could end up costing them their lives. But Flapjack 
loves him just the same. 

The Bare K’Nuckled Facts: 

* In order to maintain his upper hand, K’nuckles downplays Flapjack’s tri- 
umphs, “That was pretty good Flapjack! ...But not as good as when I did it. My 
legs were tied around my back, and my eyes were closed!” 

*He claims that he can’t swim. But of course, he’s a liar, It’s just an excuse 
to make Flapjack run all of his errands. 

*He only tolerates the whale because. she’s his transportation to Candied 
Island; Although he secretly thrives off of her over-dramatic reactions to his behav- 
ior. 


*K-nuckles’ love for CANDY is indicative of his tendency toward quick fixes 
that are bad for him in the long-run. 

“Although Candied Island is always at the fore-front of K-nuckles mind, 
we see that there may be something that he craves even more than candy; the 
adoration of Flapjack. Although K’nuckles claims not to have any tender feel- 
ings for Flapjack, his actions say otherwise. He needs Flapjack, because he’s 
the only person in the world who doesn’t see him as a worthless bum.” 

*If K-nuckles gets Flapjack into too much trouble, he usually redeems himself 
and helps Flapjack out. He tries to anyway... 


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because you wanted to play it safe, don’t come cryin’ to me”. 

“If that Whale takes away your right to say “crud”, you i 
lose the right to say, “This Whale is a piece of crud!” - 


“Tf all else fails, pinch ‘em in the eyes!” e. ji 


BUBBIE “THE TALKING WHALE” 


Bubbie isn’t thrilled about danger OR K’nuckles. Her happiness comes 
from mothering Flapjack in protective peace and tranquility. Excitement and danger 
are unneccesary risks. She’s so cautious about the unknown that she won’t even go 
under water (even though she’s a whale!) Her idea of excitement is cuddling up 
with Flapjack to enjoy the beauty of a sunset. 

Bubbie is anxious to get to Candy Island too, but not for the Candy, nor the 
adventure. She just wants to be rid of K’nuckles. Then life can go back to normal, 
when she was Flapjack’s only hero, and days were filled with safety, serenity and 
happiness. 

Bubbie is always eager to point out holes in K’nuckles' stories, and for 
Flapjack to see him for the crook he is. But Flapjack can only see his glory. And 
since the whale taught him to only look for the good in things, she’s a victim of her 
own teachings. 

The whale could be thought of as Flapjack’s over-protective mother, and 


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"= an ordinary whale. But on the inside, she is a cozy, nur- 
$ turing home. There’s a bed and table and curtains and 
D anything else you might need to feel at home in the sea 
...even a periscope that looks out through her blowhole! 
For food on the road, Flapjack and K’nuckles have 
to make the best of what Bubbie swallows. They pick 


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SECONDARY CHARACTERS 


For the most part, Stormalong Harbor is filled with non-adventurous working 
class folks, who see Candied Island as an irresponsible and frivolous pursuit. 
They’re all too familiar with the treasure seeking schemers and ruffians who swarm 
their quiet town every year and cause trouble on their quest for Candy. 

When they’re at sea, our heroes encounter all kinds of exciting sea-farers and 


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mysterious scuba divers. There are familiar characters that they encounter almost 
every episode and occasional UNfamiliar characters that remain elusive mysteries... 


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The miserly old hag who runs the dock of Storm- 
\ Along Harbor. She has an almost mystical flair for 
issuing tickets; parking tickets, loitering tickets, 
talking too loud tickets, and almost any other type of 
citation she can think of. Her favorite ticket is for 
leaving whales in the water unattended (much to the 
annoyance of K’nuckles). She even manages to get 


unger hil aplack iwikiloe irony, she is also our heroes’ 
employer. In order to pay off their mountain of cita- 
tions, Flapjack and K’nuckles do odd jobs for her 
around the dock. They also try to earn a little extra 
“candy money” while they’re at it. But just when 
they think they’re getting ahead, the Dock Hag 
always manages to issue a new citation, keeping 
them eternally bound to her service. 


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Two off-duty sailors who just happen to turn 
up at every port of call, heckling our heroes at 
every opportunity. 


EIGHT-ARMED WILLY 
The most dangerous, blood-thirsty creature on the high seas. Eight-Armed 
Willy is a bone-crushing sea monster with an appetite for whales, adventurers, and 
especially candy. He is our heroes main rival for Candied Island. 
Flapjack is always anxious to run into Willy for the adventure, and to see 


K’nuckles kick his eight-armed butt. K’nuckles claims to have defeated Willyumany 
reality he is 
absolutely horrified 
at the mere men- 
tion of his name. 
And so is the 
whale. 

Despite Willy’s 
incredible physical 
strength, he’s fairly 
gullible and emo- 
tionally vulnerable. 


Silvar is the sweet, sexy sheriff of Storm- 
along harbor. Since she doesn’t believe in physi- 
cal force, Silvar only has her words to keep crimi- 
nals in line. 

Her methods work very nicely for the peace- 
ful, hard-working dwellers of Storm-along Harbor. 
But not so well for criminals. The result is a pan- 
demonium of lawless behavior reminiscent of the 


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sailor worth his salt who can resist the sex appeal 
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Silvar would like Flapjack to live in a real 
home. The belly of a whale is no place for a boy, 
and K-nuckles is rotten influence. But she doesn’t 
push too hard. It’s Flapjack’s decision. This 
results in a little bit of maternal resentment 
between Silvar and the whale ... although 
they’re very cordial with each other on the sur- 
face. K’nuckles’ relationship with Silvar is 
just the opposite. On the surface we see fierce 


opposition and name-calling. But beneath the sur- 
ace they are boiling over with romantic tension. 


PEPPERMINT LARRY 

The overly-friendly man who runs the 
Candy Barrel. He is a necessary annoyance 
to our heroes, as he’s the only person who 
can satisfy their cravings for candy. When 
they don’t have money for candy, he paci- 
fies them with unreliable clues to Candy 
Island. He does so in a desperate attempt 
to gain their friendship & to join them on 
their adventures to Candy Island. 

Peppermint Larry is also oblivious and 
unobservant, and thinks that Flapjack is a 
girl! It doesn’t matter how many times 


Flapjack patiently tells him otherwise... 


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Episode Outlines * Note: These outlines have not been updated to include the 


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EIGHT-ARMED WILLY 


It is a lazy day at Sea. The endless blue waters are calm and without incident. 
Into these waters sail our illustrious heroes. The Whale cruises gently along while 
K’nuckles attempts to take a nap on her tongue. Flapjack is restless as usual. He 
interrupts K’nuckles sleeping pursuits with a never-ending stream of questions, 
“Hey K’nuckles, tell me about how great Candy Island is again!!!” 

“No. I’m trying to sleep.” 
“Let’s play a game then!” 

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“Wanna play Hide n’ Seek?!!” 


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“...Checkers? Juggles? Tiddly Winks? Huh? Do ya Captain? Do ya?! Huh?! Huh?!! 
Do ya wanna play?!!!” K’nuckles turns from side to side, pulling his hat over his 


face trying to avoid him. He can’t escape it. He finally comes up with an idea to 
keep Flapjack busy. He spins yet another tale of the sea and the horrible dangers 
lurk around them. He suggests that Flapjack keep himself busy as the lookout. That 


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in time. Flapjack perks up gleefully, “Aye, Aye, Captain K’nuckles!” K’nuckles lies 
back and places his hat over his face, finally enjoying peace and quiet. 

Flapjack performs his new lookout duty filled with excitement at the idea of 
“dangerous enemies” lurking about. Especially with the “Legendary Captain 
K’nuckles” at his side. He excitedly announces his observations every time he thinks 
he sees something, but there is nothing to see. Nothing but miles of waves and end- 
less sky. Not even a cloud or a sea gull to break up the monotony. After a moment, 
Flapjack remembers something the Whale told him about defeating an enemy. “the 
best way to beat an enemy is to make him your friend...” 

Flapjack returns to K’nuckles with his new strategy. Maybe they don’t need a 
look-out after all! K’nuckles snores obnoxiously as Flapjack tries to shake him 
awake. K’nuckles continues snoring, interjecting with murmuring gibberish. 

Finally Flapjack removes K’nuckles’ wooden nose, and the snoring stops. Suddenly 
K’nuckles darts up like arocket. It takes him a moment to figure out where he is, 
and he shouts excitedly with a nasally voice. He is annoyed to discover Flapjack 
standing over him, holding his nose, and quickly snatches it away from him. 

Flapjack informs K’nuckles that they might not need a look-out after all, and 
repeats what the Whale told him about defeating an enemy, “the best way to beat an 
enemy is to make him your friend!” The whale echoes in agreement. K’nuckles turns 
to face them very slowly, revealing an expression of utter disgust, “No wonder 
you’re such a sissy, with stupid advice like that... YOU’LL NEVER BE AN 
ADVENTURER!!!” 

Flapjack stands before K’nuckles with a broken heart and tearfully asks him 


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around like a sissy, lettin’ the world pass me by!” K’nuckles 
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lets the world pass him by. 

Flapjack is speechless. He stands motionless, with his mouth agape, until a 
shrill, painful shriek comes spilling out, filling the inside of the whale like a hurri- 
cane wind. He runs off screaming down into the bowels of the whale, the sounds of 
his screams fading into the distance. His scream then follows him back up again as 
he emerges with a hobo bindle. He vows to show them he’s an adventurer. Before 
anyone can stop him, Flapjack jumps out of the whale and disappears into the merci- 
less sea. 

The Whale is frantic and angrily asks K’nuckles if he’s going in after him. 


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lous. K’nuckles nap is violently disrupted as the whale shifts her tongue, smashing 
him against the wall of her mouth. K’nuckles reconsiders his position. 

Meanwhile, the sea has grown black and menacing around Flapjack. He con- 
tinues swimming straight down into the deep using an air bubble as a diving helmet. 
He’s swimming so frantically that he doesn’t even see the ocean floor coming quick- 
ly up to meet him. He slams into the sand face first, ending his furious decent. As 
he becomes aware of his surroundings, his expression turns to bewilderment and 
fear. Through the blackness Flapjack sees that he is surrounded by freaky looking 
fish and scattered bones. Fear turns to horror as he notices the lair of the most sin- 
ister enemy of the deep...the deadliest foe of any adventurer worth his salt...the 
blood thirsty, bone crunching, Eight-Armed Willy! 

Flapjack regains his composure. Finally, he will be able to prove himself as a 
great adventurer! He goes marching up to the dark entrance of Willy’s lair. He calls 
out his challenge to Willy. An arm wrasslin’ match! His one arm against Willy’s 
eight!!! A bone-chilling laugh is heard from the dark. Suddenly Eight-Armed Willy 
emerges from the black void and engulfs Flapjack in a twisting pile of tentacles. 
Flapjack struggles franticly, but there’s nothing he can do. Willy stretches and pulls 
him every which way but loose, as he continues to laugh his horrifying laugh. 
Flapjack is helpless. 

Suddenly out of the shadows, another figure appears... K’nuckles! Soaked to 
the bone, and absolutely terrified. Flapjack is astonished that K’nuckles can magi- 
cally appear when he senses adventure! “And you can’t even swim!” Flapjack 
enthusiastically barks. He tells Willy what he’s in for, “You’re about to be womped 


by thogra Ep IVe TAMSA thas ANER N vebdtness, K’nuckles creeps cautiously toward 
Willy. He hesitantly pinches at a tentacle, and then quickly shields himself from 
Willy’s wrath. Astonished that he’s still alive, K’nuckles attacks again. He gains 
his confidence and is soon attacking his foe with a whirlwind of snapping pinchers! 
Flapjack excitedly cheers him on, but to no avail. Willy is too powerful. He tires 
of K’nuckles attack and snatches him up like a harmless doll. Willy begins snap- 
ping off his body parts, as K’nuckles squeals hysterically for someone to save him. 

Flapjack is speechless. How can this be happening? Then a big grin comes 
over his face as he realizes K’nuckles is testing him! Of course!!! 

He follows K’nuckles’ example and attacks Willy with a whirlwind of gentle 
pinching. Willy just laughs. Flapjack looks to K’nuckles’ for inspiration. He then 
eagerly mimics K’nuckles’ hysterical screams. That doesn’t seem to help either. In a 


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Willy some kind words of friendship, “Excuse me Mr. Willy, I 
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wondering if maybe we could be friends? Look, I even brought you some candy!” 
Flapjack holds his hand out with a bright green piece of candy in it. 

Willy suddenly freezes at Flapjack’s words. He releases him from his terrible 
grasp, and turns to him kindly, “I do believe that is the nicest thing that anyone has 
ever done for me. You, little Flapjack, are truly a king amongst men, and have made 
this slippery sea creature feel loved for the first time in a long time.” 

Flapjack smiles warmly as Willy reaches for the candy in his hand. Flapjack 
suddenly grabs Willy’s tentacle with his other hand and SLAMS IT TO THE 
GROUND! “I win!” Flapjack yells, “I beat you at arm wrestling!” Then he jabs his 


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schoolgirls. 

Back aboard the whale, Flapjack recounts his adventure and beams proudly as 
K’nuckles congratulates him on being one of the greatest adventurers he’s ever seen. 
He pauses a beat, then adds, “But yer still a sissy.” 


REVENGE 

While docked at Storm Along Harbor, Flapjack and K’nuckles labor furiously 
after being put to work by The Dock Hag. She has them scrubbing walrus poo from 
the poopdeck of a docked cargo ship. It’s a hard and smelly task that is proving to 
be completely exhausting. K’nuckles suddenly has an idea and stops scrubbing. He 
slyly turns to Flapjack and spins yet another tall tale. He tells him how scraping 
poop magically makes you a better adventurer, and swindles him into doing his 
share of the work. A wide-eyed Flapjack grabs the scrub brush from K’nuckles and 
gets scrubbing (double doody). 
Slaving away under the workload of two men, Flapjack is approached by another 
sailor working nearby. He’d overheard the exchange between Flapjack and 
K’nuckles and swindles him into doing his work too. K’nuckles becomes furious. 
He can’t believe the Sailor would take advantage of Flapjack like that. He lets 
Flapjack know that the Sailor has duped him. Struggling to do the work of three 
men, Flapjack mutters an emotionless response of acceptance. K’nuckles commands 
him to stand up for himself...to show some anger. He tells him a real adventurer 
wouldn’t let that happen, He would get revenge! All true adventurers have great 


reventa fudRSgtops working and asks him how it’s done. K’nuckles responds, “You 
just have to do something really NASTY to one of your enemies”. Flapjack is horri- 
fied, “How could I do anything nasty to a sea anemone?!!” K’nuckles says, “What? 
NO, an ENEMY! Somebody you really hate!” Flapjack responds that he doesn’t hate 
ANYBODY, everyone is real nice to him. At that moment, the Dock Hag walks by 
and calls him a sordid collection of nasty names, ordering him to get back to work. 
Flapjack is unaffected and gladly returns to scrubbing. 

K’nuckles can’t believe it. K’nuckles says, “Okay, kid, you’ve got big prob- 
lems if you don’t have any enemies. There’s only one way to measure how much of 
an adventurer you’ve become!” K’nuckles pulls out a chart of his ‘enemy tree’, 
“...the number of enemies you have!” Flapjack looks on puzzled, “But how do I get 
one?” K’nuckles says, “That’s easy, just get somebody to do ya wrong...and then get 

er sweet revenge!” Flapjack jumps up, excited to make an enemy. K’nuckles con- 
inues, “...after you finish with the poopdeck 

Flapjack finishes his duties and excitedly sets out to make 
an enemy. Sequence of gags follows, with Flapjack trying to 


convince people to be his enemy. With K’nuckles encouragement, he approaches a 
trio of Sailors and makes insults toward their sisters. It makes them all laugh silly 
and they embrace Flapjack as a friend. He approaches the Dock Hag and smashes a 
cannon ball onto her foot. The jolt straightens her up and a crack is heard. Her 
aching back is popped into place. She gleefully grabs Flapjack and gives him a big 
old nasty kiss. As hard as he tries, Flapjack just can’t make an Enemy. 

Flapjack returns to K'nuckles, dejected. K'nuckles sees how miserable he is 
and sympathetically agrees to be his enemy. Flapjack just has to make him really 
mad ...by doing something mean to the whale (K’nuckles winks at camera). 


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K’nuckles hears it, but plays it off and urges him to follow through with the prank. 
Before he can, an angry mob shows up infuriated with Flapjack. They turn out to be 
the crew of the cargo ship that Flapjack and K’nuckles were scrubbing. It turns out 
that Flapjack cleaned it so well that it looked like a brand new ship. Their insurance 
rates doubled, costing each sailor his weekly wage. Now the mob is out for 
Flapjack’s hide! Flapjack is enthralled. He made some enemies after all! He gives a 
proud “enemy acceptance speech” that ends with a special thanks to K’nuckles for 
letting him clean the whole thing. The mob turns its anger toward K’nuckles...fade 
out. 

Fade in to interior of the Whale. Flapjack is depressed not having made any 
enemies. At the end of the day, no one even dislikes him. Suddenly, K’nuckles 
enters the whale, beaten to a pulp, with some of his body parts re-arranged. As he 
drags himself past Flapjack into The bowels of the Whale, ihe tosses him a note: 
“Dear Flapjack, I hate you. Love, K’nuckles.” Flapjack is beside himself with joy. 
He has the greatest enemy of them all...and it’s his best friend! 


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Flapjack sits spellbound inside the Whale, as K-nuckles recounts yet another 
ridiculous tale of his supposedly dangerous exploits. The Whale interrupts them to 
suggest that Flapjack get outside and enjoy some safe, wholesome activities. The 
Whale lets Flapjack know that the Sea Monkey Circus has arrived at Storm-along 
Harbor. He loves Sea Monkeys! K-nuckles pretends to be “much too tough for that 


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There is great fun to be had at the Sea Monkey Circus. Flapjack drags 
K’nuckles on all sorts of rides and attractions, while K’nuckles complains the whole 
time. Inside K’nuckles is as giddy as a schoolgirl! They eat chips, hot dogs, shrimp 
cocktail and the piece du resistance, Cotton Candy! By the time the circus closes, 
K’nuckles is completely worn out. He drops into a deep sleep, right there on the 
dock. Flapjack has no choice, but to leave him there until morning... 

That night the sea monkeys stumble across the sleeping K’nuckles and think 
that he’s a statue. A wooden pirate would be the perfect addition to their show! By 
the time K’nuckles wakes up, the Sea Monkeys have already re-assembled him as 
part of the carousel and have set sail for the next sea-town. 

When Flapjack returns next morning to get K’nuckles, he finds him gone and 
nothing left of the circus. Just open sea, and a bottle with a note in it: “HELP!!! 
I’ve béen bamboozled by Sea Monkeys, HELLLP!!! -sincerely, 
K’nuckles” What is Flapjack to do?” He sits broken hearted, 
feeling that it's all his fault. 


Meanwhile in Chumville, The Sea Monkeys have set up for another day of 
Circusing. K’nuckles screams at the top of his lungs while dozens of stunned 
patrons wait below to ride the Carousel. A cursing children’s ride would be bad for 
business, so the Sea Monkeys furiously try to nail K’nuckles mouth shut. It’s not 
going as planned, as one of the sea monkeys already lost his fingers to K’nuckles' 
snapping teeth... 

At sea, The Whale cruises along with Flapjack riding on top. He peers through 
a spyglass trying to find any trace of the Sea Monkey Circus. It is of no avail. He 
slides down into the mouth of the Whale, giving up hope of finding his best friend. 


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peers through his spyglass and sees the Sea Monkey Circus docked at Chumville 
Harbor. A closer look reveals K’nuckles! Flapjack perks up and devises a hair- 
brain scheme to rescue him... 

At the Circus, patrons line up for the Sea Monkey Wild Water Action 
Spectacular Stunt Show. Suddenly the Whale crashes the party, and entering the 
arena. She causes such a ruckus that it derives all attention from the daring rescue 
being attempted by Flapjack. 

Flapjack sneaks through the circus to the Carousel where K’nuckles is being 
held. He climbs the wheel and reaches K’nuckles with hammer in hand. He pries the 
nails from K’nuckles wooden teeth giving him the ability to speak again. “Well it’s 
about time! Didn’t you get the note I left ya? Now undo these ropes it’s starting to 
chafe!” says K’nuckles. Flapjack struggles to release him. He almost has him loose 
when a large dumpy kid eating a huge Iollipop walks up and starts yelling to his 
Mom, “Hey, that little guy is stealing the Carousel Captain! HE’S STEALING THE 
CAROUSEL CAPTAIN!!!” 

The distracted Sea Monkeys get wise to the rescue and resolve to defend their 
wooden pirate. A comical fight ensues on the docks of Chumville as the Sea 
Monkeys swarm Flapjack with acrobatic precision. But Sea Monkey acrobatics are 
no match for an angry Flapjack! He tears through the crowd like a lawn mower on 
an anthill. His crazy fighting style (using K’nuckles’ appendages) sends the Sea 
Monkeys flying back to the sea. K’nuckles screams helplessly, adding to the com- 
motion. When the dust settles, Flapjack has re-assembled K’nuckles, and there isn’t 
a sea-monkey in sight. 


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Flapjack agrees, and acknowledges that the Whale was right too; The circus is much 
more fun than staying inside. 


Barnacle Teeth 

While docked at Storm-along-harbor, Flapjack happily performs the solemn 
duties of a sailor; scrubbing the whale, polishing the periscope, and meticulously 
brushing his own teeth. When Knuckles sees little Flapjack busy at work, he laughs 
him to scorn. He brags that he has never brushed his teeth in his life, and look at 
him! He’s at the top of his game! 

Embarrassed, and eager to follow in the footsteps of his hero, Flapjack stops 
brushing his teeth. Permenantly. From now. on he’s going to live wild and free, just 
ike Knuckles (much to the concern of the whale). 

He spends the episode in various stages of tooth decay, Ke. (° 
sprouting a whole garden of tooth problems (and awkward social =<¥~ @ 


situations). With all of the seaweed and barnacles growing out of his mouth, he’s 
far from being wild and free. He can barely even move himself down the dock. But 
he can’t admit defeat. He’s gotta man it out like K’nuckles. 

Finally, unable to move, hungry and tired of being picked at by sea-gulls, 
Flapjack admits defeat. He breaks down and humbly asks K’nuckles how he can 
handle all the crud on his teeth. K’nuckles is bewildered, “What teeth? I never had 
any teeth. My doctor said ...now let’s see here, why was it? ...Oh yeah! Somethin’ 
about not brushin’...” 


Stubborn in General 

En route to Candy Island, our crew stumbles across a spooky old sunken bat- 
tleship, A hungry (and scared) Captain Knuckles sends Flapjack in alone to look for 
food. Flapjack is reluctant until Knuckles convinces him that this is the one thing 
that’ll prove he’s a real adventure hero... 

Flapjack excitedly pops an air bubble onto his head, and makes his way into 
the wreckage. He notices a strange glow within the ship and makes his way toward 
it. There he discovers an air pocket, and within it an old man sporting an enormous 
beard wrapped around his body. He proudly tells Flapjack that he’s the ship captain, 
who went down with his ship 40 years ago. He’s lived off nothing but raw potatoes 
ever since... 

Feeling his newfound responsibility as an adventure hero, Flapjack puts his 
heart into rescuing the old general. He tries one thing after another, but nothing . 
works. The problem is, that the general doesn’t want to leave. He keeps preventing 
his own rescue. Finally, the frustrated general confesses that he’s really no general 
at all. He’s the ship’s cook. He could not bear the thought of leaving his kitchen. 
He hasn’t really been living off potatoes either. He’s hoarding a whole shipload of 
gourmet food, which he will share with Flapjack if he’ll just LEAVE HIM ALONE! 
Disappointed with his failure as an adventurer, Flapjack sadly returns to the whale. 
But he has a hero’s welcome when his starving friends see what he’s brought with 
him... 


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become consumed with paranoia, and convince themselves that everyone is out to 
get them. Everything they encounter becomes misconstrued and blown out of pro- 
portion, and when they finally reach the whale, they’re a mess of frazzled nerves 
and hysteria. They quickly hop aboard and make a mad dash for the open sea. 

After a few minutes at sea they finally relax. They’re alone, and happy to be 
on their way to Candy Island. Their serenity is short lived however, as they soon 
realize they’re being followed. Again. Mysterious, menacing divers are close on 
their tail. 

The whale lightheartedly tries to calm everyone down. She observes that 
they’re making something out of nothing, and are blowing everything out of propor- 
tion. She then attempts to prove that its just coincidence. But no matter what she 


Goes or what kind of stunts she pulls, the phantom divers are just one stroke behind 


them. They must be after the map! As the divers close in on El 


the whale, she frantically admits she was wrong. She begs 
K’nuckles to protect them. K’nuckles frantically makes excuses 


not to, as Flapjack excitedly prods him to prepare for some swashbucklin’. 

They jump out on deck, ready to protect the whale (and the map). Flapjack 
emits a fountain of fightin’ words and naive insults. 

Then, to everyone’s surprise, one of the strange divers removes his helmet to 
reveal a very cordial gentleman. He informs them that they forgot to untie at the 
dock, and have been dragging him and his crew around by their air hoses all day 
(along with a chunk of the dock). Flapjack turns red with embarrassment, and 
humbly offers the divers some chocolate chip sea biscuits in place of humble pie.